How To Have a Summit Of Lebanese Religious Figures

Rule number 1: Make the summit about the importance of having a dialog

Rule number 2: Avoid all talk of controversial issues (you know, the ones about which it’s important to have a dialog. )

Needless to say, the Bkirki summit is not about the issues, it’s about “dialog theater”. It’s about creating the illusion that something is being done, about building a facade of jolliness so that the people’s level of stress will go down. This way the sheep can focus more on their work and less on the fact that their country is falling apart..

Update: And most importantly,

Rule number 3: Fall out and disagree as soon as you leave the place